“TRULY you, Lord, and your mother are the only ones who are beautiful, completely so in every respect; for, Lord, there is no spot in you, nor any spot at all in your mother.”
~St. Ephraem the Syrian: Nibisene Hymns, 27 (BK 122).
Bardi Altarpiece (detail), by Sandro Botticelli.
Tempera on panel, 1484; Staatliche Museen, Berlin.
Tempera on panel, 1484; Staatliche Museen, Berlin.
